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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0074543

KINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Berea, KY: NPDES KY0074543 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, held by Kingston Elementary School, holds NPDES permit KY0074543, which discharges to Ut / Hay Fork. EPA’s file records it issued November 15, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2022.

KINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Berea, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0074543, held by Kingston Elementary School; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 15, 2017, term to December 31, 2022; discharges to UT / HAY FORK; Elementary and Secondary Schools.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 284 violations of any kind, 168 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 1,850% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 210 violations of any kind, 94 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2025, largest 2,580% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 2 limits, 143 violations of any kind, 87 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2017, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 92 violations of any kind, 36 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2017, largest 101,718% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 51 violations of any kind, 23 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2017, largest 36% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 122 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2016, largest 460% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 59 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2017.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 60 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • January 7, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).

KINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 29 discharge permits in the Hays Fork-Silver Creek subwatershed (HUC 051002050202), KY0074543 among them. Its county holds 126, 4 of them major permits; KY0074543 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Hays Fork-Silver Creek subwatershed (HUC 051002050202)

Identity

Facility as filedKINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Permittee as filedKingston Elementary School
NPDES IDKY0074543
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 15, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2022
AddressBerea, KY 40403
Receiving waterUT / HAY FORK
SubwatershedHays Fork-Silver Creek (HUC 051002050202)
NAICS611110 – Elementary and Secondary Schools
SIC8211 – Elementary And Secondary Schools

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4284168March 31, 20261,850% over the limit
Solids, total suspended221094December 31, 20252,580% over the limit
E. coli214387June 30, 201799,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual29236October 31, 2017101,718% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]15123July 31, 201736% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]21226September 30, 2016460% over the limit
pH2593April 30, 2017
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2600

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0074543.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0074543.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 7, 2026Notice of ViolationState

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit KY0074543, held by Kingston Elementary School in Berea, KY, which discharges to Ut / Hay Fork and is administratively continued. The facts list 8 minor discharger class designations, 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.